I read with utter disbelief, although I don’t know why I should disbelieve, the Wednesday article about the city of Marysville approving the construction of two new stores on 116th Street NE.
We already have a traffic mess in that area. The city has plans on improving the roads in that area some time in the future, they are just not sure when that will happen. Meanwhile, let’s add more consumer traffic to that area on two-lane roads with the traffic already backing up onto the freeway at various times during the day due to the new outlet mall on the west side and the other developments the Tulalip Tribes are putting in on reservation land.
Let’s not forget all the new housing developments going up on the west side also, toward the Seven Lakes area. All on two-lane roads. This does not include the new construction on the west side of the freeway near the Smokey Point interchange that the city approved a few weeks ago. That is a whole different story.
Meanwhile, the City of Marysville will improve these roads someday as soon as they can figure out where they will get the money.
I can only hope that the developer has to contribute a significant amount of money to improve traffic flow on 116th Street as part of their plan to build these stores and during the construction of the stores. Oh, what am I saying? That makes too much sense. And please don’t tell me that their tax money will do it. We have heard that story too many times before with no results.
Jake Ritland
Marysville
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